My Beloved Sister and I are not teetotalers, but we seldom imbibe in adult beverages. The one she orders for her 2 or 3 times a year cocktail is a White Russian. Why? Just to be non traditional.
The other day I saw a recipe for a winter inspired White Russian and thought I could get her all the ingredients to give her for an additional Christmas present.
If you have been reading me, you would know she only wants things that are consumable, since she is like the rest of us "of a certain age" who are decluttering rather than adding to our lifetime accumulation of stuff.
I was all set to head to a package store to see what small bottles (preferably miniatures) I could find to make a little composite gift, but I spoke to her via a phone call and just mentioned the recipe, not my idea of giving it to her.
She told me it sounded really tasty but she could not have one since she is boycotting* them because of the war with Ukraine.
Bummer! It was a great idea for another present. A little later I was talking with Son2 and he agreed it would be a fun gift and entirely doable if I gave it to her and used The Big Lebowski's name for the drink. Throughout the movie he refers to it as a Caucasian, so now the hunt** is back on.
I have bought several small presents this week, I think I still have a couple to wrap, but most are in the box in the living room waiting to be tagged, bowed, and zhuzhed up.
I fully intended to get the Dickens village set up, but I did not, so it will be on my Tuesday to-do list.
Then it will also be time to do the living room decorations. I have the plan on paper where everything should go, and have the containers in Pip's room upstairs in the order the rooms will be decorated. It will be much easier to bring things downstairs room at a time rather than to bring it all at once and create unnecessary chaos.
11 Days until Thanksgiving
40 Days until Christmas
Ho, Ho, Hope I get it all done next week . . . or I am up a creek
* Her boycott has nothing to do with her position on the war, but she always enjoys a good boycott of anything that does not affect her everyday life.
** If I can't find a miniature bottle of Kahlúa, I will just pour some from my stash into a small bottle, though I will probably have to purchase some to add to my stash before I can share a bit with her.
Good luck on the hunt and getting everything finished up. I know you'll get it done! :)
ReplyDeleteIt sounds like you are making great progress with your Christmas preparations! One of these days, I need to set aside a little time to start making my gifts! But, I have an almsgiving to prepare for before Christmas, so that takes priority. :)
ReplyDeleteOh, that will be a neat gift for your sister! I hope you can find what you need. I only have to get a couple of things for Bailey and then I’ll be done with Christmas shopping. I found an extra tree when I was cleaning downstairs last week. It had been put in a cabinet and was closed up, so I opened it up and it looks great. We may use it since some of the lights on our prelit tree stopped working last year.
ReplyDeleteA good White Russian is right up there on my list of favorite beverages, too! That's a fun gift!
ReplyDeleteI have 8 little nieces and nephews that I give to and I figured out most of their presents this week. I've ordered some of them and the others should be easy to pick up. That's my progress. We don't do as many Christmas decorations as you do, so I won't worry too much about them until after Thanksgiving.
ReplyDeleteThe gift sounds fun. Be sure to post a photo of the finished gift.
ReplyDeleteTime is going by too quickly!! That sounds like a great gift for your sister.
ReplyDeleteMy daughter has the tree mostly decorated. I say mostly because when I'm home in December I'll probably rearrange the ornaments. :) She's put out some of the other decor as well. For her, at this time of the year when it gets dark and dreary, she likes the sparkle.
ReplyDeleteI've no doubt you'll have it all done before you get away for your visit in Portland.
Not Bossy here...I love me a great white Lebowski!
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